What am I learning here?

It’s day 20 of the Slice of Life Challenge, and I have surprised myself by keeping up, so far.  I had thought I might make it a week before lapsing.  I imagined I might run out of material.  I knew I would have a hard time keeping things short.  I was aided by weekends and snow days, to be sure, but now I have the hardest third of the month to go. So, what have I learned?

1. I’ve learned that I crave feedback.
2. I’ve learned that I need to remember that I crave feedback if I’m going to be a good teacher.
3. I’ve learned that I need to really pay attention during the day.
4. I’ve learned that I need to really pay attention when I drive.
5. I’ve learned that I spend as much time fiddling with my writing as I spend writing.
6. I’ve learned that I do silly things like find mistakes in posts from two weeks ago and still think it matters that I edit them.
7. I’ve learned that vacations are full of writing material.
8. I’ve learned that almost anything can become a slice.
9. I’ve learned that I get ideas from the people whose writing I read.
10. I’ve learned that it doesn’t really get easier.  Darn!
11. I’ve learned that it’s really hard to have a full-time job and take on a writing challenge for a month.
12. I’ve learned that some people have a full-time job, a writing challenge for a month, and have several kids under  the age of 5 at home.
13. I’ve learned that in that case, I’m sort of a whiner.
14. I’ve learned that even if I spend a lot of my day’s  energy ranting about the president, I can find better things to write about.
15. I’ve learned that in that case, I’m not entirely a whiner.
17.  I’ve learned that number 16 had writer’s block.
18. I’ve learned that when I make quick lists of ideas, I suddenly feel rich.
19. I’ve learned that abandoning hope is a strategy.
20. I’ve learned that there are a lot of talented writers out there on TWT.
21. I’ve learned that even my lists go on too long.

 

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